YEREVAN. – Opposition Heritage Party Chairman, former FM Raffi Hovannisian did not attend Friday’s press conference, since he is holding discussions linked to President Serzh Sargsyan’s harsh criticism of MP Gagik Tsarukyan, chairman of the non-pro-government Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP).

Heritage Party Board Vice-Chairman Armen Martirosyan announced about the aforesaid. He also noted that, after Thursday, changes have occurred in the country’s domestic politics, and Heritage is now discussing this matter with various sides.

“There may be a change of power, or we [, Armenia,] will be like North Korea,” Martirosyan added.

To note, speaking at Thursday’s meeting of the board of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), President Sargsyan, who is also chairman of the RPA Board, had stated that Gagik Tsarukyan the political player had become a vice for the country. He also relieved the PAP leader from his status as a National Security Council member, and promised that a process will begin in connection with Tsarukyan’s frequent absence from the sessions of the National Assembly.